Convertible garment



Aug. 18, 1936. B HYMAN 2,051;482

CONVERTIBLE GARMENT Filed Feb. '7, 1934 Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONVERTIBLE GARMENT Sam Bernard Hyman, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application February 7, 1934, Serial No. 710,072

2 Claims. (01. 295) The invention relates to improvements in convertible garments and has for its primary object the provision of an improved construction of this character so constructed and arranged that it may be readily and advantageously worn as a coat member or as a combination sweater and coat member.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which Fig. 1 is a front perspective view showing the garment adjusted for use as a combination sweater and coat member;

Fig. 2, the same garment converted into a simple coat member having a double back;

Fig. 3, a vertical medial section of the garment in the condition shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a vertical section of the garment in the condition shown in Fig. 2

Fig. 5, an enlarged horizontal section of the garment taken substantially on line -5 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6, an enlarged horizontal section of the garment taken substantially on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises an outer coat member ID having sleeves II and usual buttons l2 and button holes l3 at the front, said coat member being preferably formed of woven woolen material such as is usually employed in sweater coats. Secured within the coat member ID is a sweater element l4 preferably of the same material as coat II and secured thereto at opposite sides along the vertical medial lines IS. The element [4 is provided at its top central portion with the forward portion of a neck opening l6 and at opposite sides thereof with arm hole portions I'l registering with the arm holes l8 of the coat ID as shown. As will be noted in Fig. 6 of the drawing, the element M has a lateral extent substantially equal to the extent of the rear portion of said body member lying between the places of attachment thereto so as to be capable of resting smoothly against the rear of the body member or to extend outwardly to form a covering for the front body portion of the wearer.

By this arrangement a convertible garment is provided in which the sweater element I4 may be readily folded against the back thereof as indicated in Figs. 2, 4 and 6, so that the garment may be thus worn as a sweater coat. When so worn the back thereof is constituted of a double thickness of material which reinforces the same and afiords added warmth at the back of the wearer when desired. Also, when desired, the sweater element l4 may be extended forwardly as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, and the garment thus converted into a slip-on combined sweater coat as indicated. When thus employed the sweater element M will appear as the front of a slip-on sweater worn under the outer coat member In, the back of the coat member co-operating therewith to constitute a slip-on sweater.

In this way a convertible garment is provided which may be worn either as a sweater coat or as a combined sweater and coat which is of simple construction, attractive in appearance and capable of economical production.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying the invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed, but would desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment of the class described comprising a body member arranged to encompass the body of the wearer; and an adjustable continuous unbroken element secured in said body at opposite sides thereof and adapted and arranged to cooperate with the rear portion of said body to constitute a slip-on sweater-like garment or to be arranged against the rear of said body member to constitute a double back therefor.

2. A garment of the class described comprising a body member arranged to encompass the body of the wearer; and an adjustable continuous unbroken element secured in said body member at opposite sides thereof and of a lateral extent substantially equal to the extent of the rear portion of said body member lying between the place of attachment thereto, so as to be capable of resting smoothly against the rear of the body member or to extend outwardly to form a covering for the front body portion of the wearer.

SAM BERNARD HYMAN. 

